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Every Friday in February, I will be posting random fun facts. This week’s category is Me.

Here are the fun facts for this week.

Random Fun Facts about Me:

I despise “Wizard of Oz” & “The Sound of Music”.

I have never flown…ever…

My husband & I have NEVER danced nor have we ever gone to a dance.

I don’t wear glasses…although, I’m almost 40 and I am pretty sure that these ‘old eyes of mine might need some help soon…lol…

I have never broken a bone.

I haven’t had any pop in about 10 years.

I am a TV addict. I can’t stand silence in the house.

I love doing laundry and despise cleaning bathrooms & floors.

I prefer to watch movies/DVDs/TV with the closed captions (subtitles) turned on. I think that you catch more of what they are saying, when you are reading along with them. Plus if everyone is asleep you can turn the TV down and still know what’s going on…lol…

I fear that I will have a heartache and often think that any sudden pain on my left side will be the death of me.

So, those were 10 facts about me. Not sure how fun or entertaining they were, but they are facts.

Only 10 days till my birthday. I am somewhat of a control freak. My husband is planning all sorts of things and I have NO idea what they are. ARGH. He simply tells me the date & time and that’s all. Not my usual routine. I mean, how is a girl supposed to know what to wear if she has no idea where she is going, or who will be there?!?!

Instead of spraying (misting) over the die cut letters, I simply removed the letters and layed the entire page over my layout. I moved the top page down slightly, so that there would be a stripe of mist across the top.

As you can see in the picture below, I clipped the two sheets together so that it wouldn’t shift around.

Above is the finished picture, once the top sheet was removed.

Well, 13 days until I turn 40.

No inspiring “lesson” to share with you today…lol…what was I thinking when I started at 40?!

Instead of a card, I made this mini album for my hubby…today we celebrate our 18th anniversary!

Above left, are our senior pictures…1988/1989.

The right page is a picture of us at my senior banquet. I went to a Christian high school, so we didn’t have prom…

Below, right are 2 pictures from when we were dating…

Above is a picture of us on our 1st anniversary, (1993). We went to Red Lobster and then to see the movie “Matinee”…remember that movie??

Below is the actual computer-printed card that I gave to him on our 1st anniversary…I swiped it out of an old album that I had made. Remember those awful albums where you pulled the clear cover up and stuck the picture to the sticky page? I have many of those from the “early years” of my scrapbooking.

Below left is a picture from our 1 month anniversary.

Below right is a picture of us from our 1st Easter, as a married couple….matching shirts! yikes!

Above are 2 pictures of me when I was pregnant. (1993/1994)

These few pictures were some of us over the last few years.

I used my vintage typewriter for the journaling. Some of the embellishments were cut on my Cricut Expression, (like this “kiss me”).

(Side note: I tried to learn how to crochet these flowers–seen above–over the weekend, and failed miserably! Guess I will keep buying them at my LSS.)

I love to give mini albums instead of cards.

Although I do enjoy making/giving cards, I really enjoy making mini albums as gifts. Minis are so fun & the options are endless!

The “hubs” took the day off to spend alone with me. I love that. I love having him beside me as we carry on the tasks of the day. We ate lunch out, at our favorite Olive Garden….although, it wasn’t our typical good meal. It was ab.so.lute.ly. freeeeezing in there. A blower directly above our table. Ate most of my lunch with my winter coat on. (Bonus, my sister gave us at $25 gift card to O.G. for our anniversary!!!) We were cold, but the food was yummy.

We also made a trip to Starbucks…had a GC from there too, leftover from Christmas from my son…so we got to enjoy our favorite drinks…thanks Nick!

Other than that, we did a little of this & a little of that.

So far it’s been a good day!

Together.

The 2 of us.

This evening we will spend as a family. Maybe do something fun for dinner. Just enjoy being together.

I’m not saying that I am perfect, or always use complete manners, but come on!

One example: Walk through the grocery store…how many kids (OR worse, adults) will walk right in front of you, or literally stand in front of you and pick what they want off of the shelf. The same shelf that you were standing there looking at!? Yikes! Sometimes I am so shocked at the lack of manners people use. A simple “excuse me” is all I’m looking for!

Or a simple “thank you” would be nice now and then. Or “you’re welcome”.

Something else that I have learned over my 40 years….exercise is good.

It’s not something that I enjoy doing.

It’s not something that I look forward to.

but, I know that I will feel better once I’ve exercised.

I try to remember that it’s good for me….especially the older I get…yikes…can’t believe those are words that I have to say or think.

Keep my heart healthy. My bones strong.

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Depending on the week/month/mood, I have different exercise routines that I enjoy. Currently I am enjoying Leslie Sansone’s Walk at Home…it’s on the Exercise On Demand channel. I can walk 3 miles (in 45 minutes) without leaving my bedroom! Surprising, huh?